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NBC's The Voice

You're all probably tired about all of my threads about these singing competitions. I'm really sorry... kind of. I'll probably end up just talking to myself and post random vids.

Anywho, The Sing-Off will probably come back for another season during the summer or fall. In its place is The Voice. I missed the first season because I just wasn't into watching TV. I caught the first couple of episodes on demand, and it's pretty interesting.

For auditions, the four judges' backs are facing the singer. If a judge likes the singer, they press the button, which turns their chair around. If multiple judges press their button, the singer gets to choose who they'd like to be their "mentor" for the competition.

Cee-Lo is the most calm, collected judge on that panel. Christina, Adam, and Blake all bicker back and forth. It's cute.

Anyone else interested in tuning into this show? What are your favorite performances? Who are you looking forward to advance?

I thought this was an interesting rendition.

Originally Posted by Saybrooke

I was at the gym once, and this woman was on the elliptical next to me, making motorcycle noises.

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You know what I hate? The judges get all the promotion and the career boost and the contestants are a distant memory. Its like last season's winner never happened.

True. I checked out the winner, for some reason I didn't really enjoy the songs I heard on youtube.

Originally Posted by swerve

I watched this show for the VERY FIRST TIME EVER last night after reading YOUR thread!!!

I'm glad you enjoyed it I'm just hoping the rest is good after the blind auditions. I was watching Season 1's blind auditions, and dang! It was pretty interesting. I like the surprise when I think the singer is good, but the s/he doesn't sit well with the judges or one of them presses the button last minute.

Originally Posted by Weston

The voice is where they go for a last gasp before total obscurity.

LMAO. But I guess it's true.

Originally Posted by Saybrooke

I was at the gym once, and this woman was on the elliptical next to me, making motorcycle noises.

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Sorry for the late reply, but apparently the next episode is on Monday. I usually miss it and catch it on demand. It's kind of weird...because they'll say "Last night, so-and-so battled..." so I'm guessing maybe it's on a Monday and Tuesday...or perhaps the times differ completely. I'm not sure :/

Anywho, I caught up with the episodes....I'm a bit disappointed.

I. Songs are recycled. I checked on wikipedia (after recognizing two songs that were sung during auditions), and I found two other songs that were previously sung. I'm sure there are plenty of other songs out there -.-

1. Find Your Love
2. You and I
3. I Can't Make You Love Me
4. Paris (Ohh La La)

There may have been more, but I got lazy looking back and forth

II. Plenty of the artists that were advancing just aren't that good. Lindsey, on Christina's team, just sounds like she's trying too hard to be really soft. Where are the dynamics? Her audition was better than her duet and "Somebody that I Used to Know." Adam pointing out that he wanted more especially during the peak of the song was on point to what I was feeling. It felt very stagnant. I also liked Pip during the auditions, but now not so much :|

Oh, and I miss Naia. I wish she were able to just sing reggae the whole time

Originally Posted by Saybrooke

I was at the gym once, and this woman was on the elliptical next to me, making motorcycle noises.

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Not so up and over with Chris Mann but Jermaine, Tony and Juliet most definitely. Tony came alive last week with the Britney song and again this week with How You Like Me Now. And Juliet ending the show this week with It's a Man's World was brilliant. What a great rendition.

Thanks for starting the thread.

Last edited by joesman; May 2nd, 2012 at 09:49 AM.
Reason: add a compliment to the thread starteer

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I secretly enjoy the show. I was watching last nite and I have no fucking clue as to why Blake made them sing Conga. It's a "wrench" song because of the fast lyrics, it makes the song impossible to actually sing. Another good example I remember hearing about from American Idol was Sweet Escape.

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I loved Deborah but I think not saving her was a wise decision. She will definitely be fine. I don't think it was meant to win the show but she set herself up very nicely. Someone will sign her, I have no doubt.

But I like so many of them...Amanda, Dez, Trevin, Melanie, Cody, Sylvia, Adrianna...But I really liked Devyn. Super sad to see her go.

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^He's so in the closet it's almost sad. My roommie and I were talking about it tonight.

PS: How the fuck is Melanie still on the show.

I would've banged Dez last season and I still would this season. I don't care if he's straight, bi, gay, curious, no so curious, questioning, whatever.

And with Melatnie. Seriously. I loved her rendition of "Toxic" but it all went downhill afterwards. "Toxic" has been done by every artist, so in my head I thought shed come back week to week with even better performances. She's just not executing the songs the way I thought she would :/

I like Amanda Brown's performance last night. The past couple times were ok. Dream On was interesting. IT wasn't the best, but she enjoyed it. It was a nice performance...just not the best it could have been. So I was definitely blown away from the Grace Potter song. I liked Michaela Paige, but she's gone now. Cassadee's good. Their performance with the guy and Blake for "Life's a Highway" I felt was one of the best group performances so far.

I'm still bitter that Jordan Pruitt and the guy who makes interesting arrangements of pop songs are both gone. I'm sure I'm sad that others are gone as well.

And Cody is adorable with his shimmy shimmying shimmies

Originally Posted by Saybrooke

I was at the gym once, and this woman was on the elliptical next to me, making motorcycle noises.

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First off, I just want to say that it seemed to me that Christina was totally on auto-pilot last nite. She just had no interest in what was going on around her.

Cody IMO was one of the worst last nite. He'll get through due to the fangirls.

Oh Trevan. WTH was he thinking doing Usher. As a former band geek [trumpet], I know the hardest part outside of control, is learning when to breathe in a piece of music. Trevan was building up to the final note and during that "crescendo", you hear a giant gasp for air and it literally sucked the life out of the song. He definitely has the range but as a singer, he needs A LOT more training. My former teacher/conductor always said that if you can't sustain air for at least 8 bars [in common time], in a piece of music, you have no business "playing" a musical instrument.

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Amanda Brown in the "bottom 3" (I don't she was actually third to last) was a surprised. What was not a surprise is who went home. The douche with the fedora is finally gone and Sylvia is easily forgettable.

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I think Christina made a mistake when she sent Deborah home. It isn't that the girls she kept werent' likeable or talented but Deborah had a really cool vibe and a great stage presence...I suspect she would have been a top five contender. I miss her alot.

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Originally Posted by eastofeden

I think Christina made a mistake when she sent Deborah home. It isn't that the girls she kept werent' likeable or talented but Deborah had a really cool vibe and a great stage presence...I suspect she would have been a top five contender. I miss her alot.

um...De'borah was a guy. There's a lot of androgynous guys/closet cases on this season.

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Most of you are missing the point of the show. You like this person would you pay money to hear them sing? You do not become a star just singing, you need a hit song, and if you sing somebody else's song you get only 10%. The coaches are looking for that next star, so whatever song they give them is to help them win, they are not trying to lose, they are the experts, nobody's perfect.